President Biden, who ended his campaign career Sunday under pressure from Democratic colleagues, emerged from more than a week of COVID-19 isolation to explain his historic change of heart about seeking reelection.
There’s “a time and a place for new voices, fresh voices, yes, younger voices. That time and place is now,” he said Wednesday.
With an expression that betrayed the personal weight of his decision and the unknown verdict of history, Biden said in a soft voice that he believes his record “merited” a second term, although a new generation might preserve party unity and fortify the battle to defend democracy.
“It’s been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years,” Biden said as members of his family watched from the sidelines of the Oval Office. “Nowhere else on Earth can a kid with a stutter, from modest beginnings in Scranton, Pa., and Claymont, Del., one day sit behind the Resolute Desk.”
The president, with no reference to his frailties or health, pledged to “keep fighting” until January on behalf of everyday Americans and repeated his endorsement of Vice President Harris as his party’s best choice to defeat the Republican ticket, calling her “experienced,” “tough” and “capable.”
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